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Republic of Yemen
University of Science & Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
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Learning Assessment:
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Textbooks:
Ibrahim M. H. AL-Shaikh (2014), REINFORCED CONCRETE
Analysis & Design Steps VOLUME (1).
Additional References:
Jack C. McCormac & Russell H. Brown (2014), Design of
Reinforced Concrete 9th Ed- ACI 318-11 Code Edition. John
Wiley & Sons , Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey-USA.
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Course Aims :
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Course Policies:
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Introduction:
CEMENT.
WATER.
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Introduction:
Cement :
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Water :
affect concrete.
CONCRETE BASICS A Guide to Concrete Practice, Australia 2010
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Aggregate:
Granular material, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, and iron blast-furnace slag.
Aggregates are of two basic types:
COARSE: crushed rock, gravel.
FINE: fine and coarse sands and crusher fines.
Aggregates should be:
STRONG and HARD so as to give a strong final concrete.
CLEAN since dirt or clay sticking to the aggregates will weaken the bond
between paste and aggregates.
GRADED be of a range of sizes so that they fit together well to give a strong
and dense concrete.
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Admixtures:
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Water–Cement Ratio:
The water–cement ratio is one of the most important factors affecting the strength of
concrete.
For complete hydration of a given amount of cement, a water–cement ratio (by weight) equal
to 0.25 is needed.
A water–cement ratio of about 0.35 or higher is needed for the concrete to be reasonably
workable without additives.
A water–cement ratio of 0.5 and 0.7 may produce a concrete strength of about 35 and 21
MPa, respectively.).
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Water–Cement Ratio:
Concrete has high compressive strength and very low tensile strength. Reinforced concrete,
is a combination of concrete and steel wherein the steel reinforcement provides the tensile
Concrete and reinforced concrete are used as building construction materials in every
country. And they are used in buildings of all sorts; (bridges, buildings, retaining walls,
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1- Slabs
Slabs are the main horizontal elements that transfer the moving live loads as
well as the dead loads to the vertical elements of a structure.
2- Beams
Beams are the structural elements that transfer the loads from slabs to
vertical supporting columns. They are normally cast monolithically with the
slabs. As they are cast monolithically with the slabs, they form a T-beam section
for interior beams or an L-beam at the building exterior.
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3- Columns
The vertical elements support the structural floor system; beams and slabs. They
are compression members subjected in most cases to both bending and axial load, and
are of major importance in the safety considerations of any structure.
4- Foundations
Foundations are the structural concrete elements that transfer the weight of the
superstructure to the ground (soil). They could be in many types (Isolated footing,
Combined footings, Mat foundations, Strip footing or wall footing and Piles).
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Load path from the structure’s slab to the ground (Apostolos Konstantinidis, 2008)
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1. It has considerable compressive strength per unit cost compared with most other
materials.
4. It is a low-maintenance material.
5. As compared with other materials, it has a very long service life. This can be
explained by the fact that the strength of concrete does not decrease with time but
actually increases over a very long period, measured in years.
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6. It is usually the only economical material available for footings, floor slabs,
basement walls, and similar applications.
8. In most areas, concrete takes advantage of inexpensive local materials (sand, gravel,
and water).
9. A lower grade of skilled labor is required for erection as compared with other
materials such as structural steel.
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To use concrete successfully, the designer must be completely familiar with its weak points
as well as its strong ones. Among its disadvantages are the following:
1. Concrete has a very low tensile strength, requiring the use of tensile reinforcing.
2. Forms are required to hold the concrete in place until it hardens sufficiently.
3. The low strength per unit of weight of concrete leads to heavy members, n important
consideration for tall buildings and long-span structures.
4. The properties of concrete vary widely because of variations in its proportioning and
mixing.
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